Digital meets Culture

The Municipality offers an APP that takes us in the town “that disappears”

Civita di Bagnoregio, a pearl in the middle of Lazio region (Italy)

Text by Caterina Sbrana, photos by Fabrizio Sbrana.

Dear readers, this time I’ll take you to a village that I consider an authentic open-air museum, where alleys, palaces, small squares and the bell tower tell us of a distant past in an extraordinary valley surrounded by gullies. When arriving at Civita, indications inform us that it is possible to download for free an APP that is a guide for the village, which I of course immediately did.

The APP has a commercial section with information about restaurants, farmhouses, pizzerias etc..; it begins with a tourist guide about Civita of Bagnoregio and Bagnoregio. We are in the Lazio region, in the province of Viterbo. I wrote that it is an open-air museum: Civita dates back to 2500 years ago, when the Etruscans settled here. Porta di Santa Maria is the only door left. Someone thinks the original doors were five, someone else thinks there were two doors in origin. Porta Santa Maria allows us to enter the village after having passed a long walkway suspended over the valley. In the guide we can read “ The Etruscans made Civita (of which we do not know the ancient name) a thriving city, favoured by the strategic position for trade due to the proximity to the most important communication routes of the time”.

I suggest you read the first part of the guide, that contains historical information about the village, on your smartphone before you go up, before crossing the pedestrian bridge that was built in 1965. I say this because, while climbing, it is better not to take your eyes off the view of the village and the surrounding valley that offer breathtaking views. With the help of the APP we discover the history of the village, why Porta Cava has become Porta Santa Maria, the domination of the Lombards, the struggles between Guelphs and Ghibellines, the history of the church of San Donato.
An interactive map shows us the most interesting places: the house of San Bonaventura, the museum of landslides, the Chapel of the Madonna del Carcere.
From the APP you can buy the ticket to Civita, enter a Live Chat in which the virtual assistant “Napoleon” offers you a choice of 104 languages (marked with flags) to give you directions, discover events, read the latest news. Also, activing the GPS device, the APP follows you one step after the other and leads you to the point where you want to go, especially allowing you to plan your tour from home.

A museum that lives, a place of extraordinary beauty, a discreet APP that take us on a beautiful tour.

Website and info: https://www.civitadibagnoregio.cloud/scarica-lapp-civita-di-bagnoregio/

deadline for submissions is 1 October (full papers) and 15 October (posters and presentations) 2019

e-AGE2019 Call for papers and posters

Scientists, researchers and educators are invited to submit full papers reporting on their original and unpublished research in e-Infrastructures and computational and data-intensive sciences for e-AGE, Integrating Arab e-infrastructure in a Global Environment, the annual international conference organized by the Arab States Research and Education Network.

e-AGE supports ASREN’s major objectives that are related to dissemination and awareness, promotion of research collaboration and joint activities, and establishment of research networks in the Arab region and worldwide.

e-AGE 2019 takes place in Abu Dhabi on 11-12 December 2019. the theme this year is “Groundbreaking research and education networks”.

Topics of interest include, but not limited to:

Scientific computing and data-intensive e-Science in areas related to energy, environment, health, climate, water, agriculture, biology, economy, medicine, as well as in social sciences and humanities.
Perspectives on NRENs, including challenges, operation, sustainability, funding, governance, business models, security and services.
Problem-solving environments, Virtual Research Environments, Science Gateways and collaborative tools, applications and services.
Education and e-Learning Technologies, access to educational resources, repositories, libraries and contents, cloud, grids, parallel and distributed computing, and high performance computing.
Internet technologies and trends, Internet of Things, Security, SDN and AAIs.
Artificial Intelligence tools, deep learning, big data, and open science platforms.

Deadline: 1 October 2019 (full papers) and 15 October (posters and presentations)

Download the Call For Papers (PDF, 574 Kb)

Website: http://asrenorg.net/eage19/

Submit your project and share your success across Europe!

Call for Entries: ILUCIDARE Special Prizes within the European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards 2020

The European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards are Europe’s top honour in the field of cultural heritage.

The Awards recognise outstanding conservation projects, innovative research; the dedication of heritage professionals and volunteers; and exceptional initiatives in education, training and awareness-raising.

For the next two editions of this scheme, two new ILUCIDARE Special Prizes will be awarded from among the submitted applications. ILUCIDARE is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme with the aim of establishing an international network promoting heritage as a resource for innovation and in international cooperation.

In 2020 and 2021, the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards will contribute to ILUCIDARE by identifying, promoting and facilitating the upscaling of best practices in cultural heritage-led innovation and diplomacy.

The European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards (previously the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards) was launched by the European Commission in 2002 and has been run by Europa Nostra ever since. The Awards have brought major benefits to the winners, such as greater (inter)national exposure, increased visitor numbers and follow-on funding. The Awards scheme is supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

The ILUCIDARE Special Prizes are supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No. 821394.

Are you active in the field of heritage-led innovation or diplomacy?
Submit your project and share your success across Europe!

Further informations:

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Apply now! www.europeanheritageawards.eu/apply
Deadline: 1 October 2019 (last date of sending)

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Deadline for consultation on 8 September 2019

Horizon Europe Co-design 2021-2024: share your views with the European Commission

The Horizon Europe framework programme from 2021 to 2027 is the next and largest collaborative multinational research and innovation investment in Europe with a proposed budget of 100 billion euro.

The last April, the European Parliament and Council reached a political agreement on Horizon Europe and started to prepare the strategic planning process to identify missions and European Partnerships, major policy drivers and strategic policy priorities.

The planning focused in particular on ‘Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness’ and will help shape European research and innovation investments in the coming years.

As part of the process, the Commission has launched a public consultation to collect input from across Europe and beyond to discuss on the strategic orientations of the future European Research and Innovation programme Horizon Europe in particular for the first period 2021-2024.

European Commission encourages everyone with an interest in future EU research and innovation priorities, to share their views through the consultation, which will close on 8 September 2019, and to participate at the key event European Research and Innovation Days.
This event is an annual policy event of the European Commission, bringing together stakeholders to debate and shape the future research and innovation landscape and it will take place in Brussels from 24 to 26 September 2019.

More info here.

European Young Heritage Professionals Forum, 20-24 May, Zadar, Croatia

A new generation of professionals and Cultural Heritage Messengers

The European Young Heritage Professionals Forum was organized by UNESCO in partnership with the European Union within the joint project ‘2018 – European Year of Cultural Heritage: Engaging Youth for an Inclusive and Sustainable Europe’.

It took place from 20 to 24 May 2019 in Zadar, Croatia, hosted by the Croatian Commission for UNESCO and the Croatian Ministry of Culture.

The Forum is developed in close cooperation with the non-governmental organization Diadrasis.

The aim of the Forum was to explore potential synergies and challenges of working on tangible and intangible cultural heritage in the European context to create a new network of young cultural heritage professionals.

Every day, project laboratories took place, and the 28 participants, from the Member States of the European Union, had the chance to collaborate with peers and experts to refine their ideas and improve their projects.
They explored potential synergies and challenges of working on tangible and intangible cultural heritage and discussed the different realities of working at local, national, and international levels.
The young professionals were be encouraged to become active ‘Cultural Heritage Messengers’ by spreading the importance of active participation of local communities to protect and safeguard the cultural heritage.

The Forum proposed an innovative approach to cultural heritage highlighting the linkages between tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

Two local case studies from Zadar offered an excellent opportunity to experience in a direct and hands-on manner: the 28 young Cultural Heritage Messengers designed interactive awareness-raising activities around each of the two local case studies and worked closely with local students to adjust their communication strategies to the local context: the participation of local people has exceeded all expectations!

The Forum was a great success and the important message that the young professionals will carry and spread in their own countries and communities is about the strong potential of tangible and intagible heritage which all are called to protect.

Further information here.

Abu Dhabi (UAE), 11-12 December 2019

e-AGE 2019: “Groundbreaking research and education networks”

The e-AGE conference had established itself as an important venue for networking among experts and scientists. In 2019, e-AGE held at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, UAE during 11 – 12 December 2019 with a focus on demonstrated successes in using research and education e-Infrastructures and a need for interoperable high speed networks at national, regional and international levels. In short words, e-AGE19 is coming with “GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND EDUCATION NETWORKS” as the main theme of the conference and all activities will be centered on it.

e-AGE19 will include events, workshops and meetings centered around the following themes:

e-AGE Annual Conference
The 12th Event on Euro-Mediterranean e-Infrastructure
The 9th annual shareholders meeting of ASREN
EUMEDCONNECT3 Project meeting
AfricaConnect2 Project meeting
Internet2 Middle East SIG Meetings
Workshops dedicated for e-Infrastructure users

Moreover, special sessions will be dedicated to specific domains, mainly focusing on experiences in connectivity and e-Infrastructure, applications and services across a variety of scientific domains. It is also important to show how research infrastructure creates tangible benefits to communities and collaborations. It is still critical to demonstrate how research connectivity can promote collaboration and innovation. Different discussions will be stimulated during e-AGE to drive outcomes and concrete results on practical steps towards developing a regional e-Infrastructure.

To Learn More Visit eage19.asrenorg.net

Dubrovnik, 25-27 September 2019

THE BEST IN HERITAGE 2019 – Projects of Influence

Presenting a comprehensive insight into best practices globally, this year’s The Best in Heritage will feature 42 museum, heritage and conservation projects that have been awarded in the previous year. They have been handpicked from a list of some 300 laureates of about 50 international and national award schemes, and come from five continents.

The three-day gathering will consist of two events – IMAGINES, presenting new technologies and multimedia laureates, and the core programme, where institutional and large scale projects take the stage. Each of the events will start with a Keynote address by the 2018 “Project of Influence” winner: Historic Royal Palaces from the United Kingdom, represented by their creative producer Tim Powell, and Textile Museum Tilburg from the Netherlands, represented by the museum’s director Errol van de Werdt, respectively.

The featured laureates present an inspiring variety: from art museums to archaeological and civic engagement projects, from national educational programmes to conservation and protection initiatives, from museums of the future to environmental and community museums… and then there are apps, websites, animation… the list goes on.

The participants, usually some 150 in number and coming from more than 30 countries, will have the opportunity to get up-to-date with current trends and developments, but also to engage in discussions, and meet the presenters in person at numerous social occasions.

The organiser regards all the presented laureates as being of influence, each of them having been commended by reputable professional juries. However, every year the conference culminates by proclaiming two winners of the “Project of Influence” award – those which by their excellence and impressive presentation are esteemed as innovators with a lasting impact. The votes for the award are cast by an international audience comprised of professionals, together with a group of expert moderators which, together with last year’s laureates, form the Jury.

Defined by many participants more as an experience than a conference, and as offering a “breath of fresh air”, the gathering proudly boasts its interpersonal, intimate nature, and its role as a global meeting place for colleagues who speak the same heritage language. It is a simple, elegant, single-track event – a true celebration of professional excellence in the growing public memory sector.

The Best in Heritage is organised in partnership with Europa Nostra (with support of Creative Europe programme) and ICOM (International Council of Museums), is under patronage of The City of Dubrovnik, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, and sponsored by Meyvaert Glass Engineering and Exponatec Cologne. The local partner is Dubrovnik Museums.

Programme and registration: https://www.thebestinheritage.com/conference

About featured laureates: https://www.thebestinheritage.com/featuring

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BestInHeritage

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBestInHeritage

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBestInHeritage

Previous presentations: http://presentations.thebestinheritage.com

Official hashtag: #TBIH2019

Contact: info@thebestinheritage.com

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Workshop on Historical Irrigation Systems Management

The 28th of June, was held in the Castillejar (Granada) a full day workshop focus on the management of historical irrigation systems.
The event was addressed to Municipalities, irrigator communities, Associations, water users and all these interested in technique of irrigation for the Guadiana Menor local area.
The initiative was organized by Agapro (Farmers and producers association) in collaboration with MEMOLab Laboratory from the University of Granada.
Prof. Jose María Martín Civantos from UGR, left a contribute talking about the values of irrigator systems and the experiences carried on in the framework of MEMOLab and the REACH projects.
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Pisa (Italy), 28 June - 21 July 2019

Arno, Compagno di Vita – photoexhibition in Pisa

European Commission’s project WeAre#EuropeForCulture is partnering with Photoconsortium’s network to organize participatory events in various European cities, with the aim of creating exhibitions that include both institutional and crowdsourced heritage and which celebrate the diversity of European cultural heritage, by engaging citizens in the co-creation of cultural experiences. The series of exhibitions is a legacy from the activities of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018.

The Italian edition of the series, ARNO, COMPAGNO DI VITA, is dedicated to the lovestory between the river Arno and the citizens of Pisa: from regattas to floods, from fishing to the traditional games and festivities, the river has always been a companion in Pisa’s everyday life.

The exhibition was created with crowdsourced images, stories, objects and memories. A co-creation session with seniors, students and photo amateurs and collectors took place on 31 May; the exhibition is hosted at the Museo della Grafica and the vernissage was on 28 June 2019.

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photo credit: (c) 31/5/2019 Martino Sisti; 28/6/2019 Rudy Pessina

ARNO, COMPAGNO DI VITA

Organized by PHOTOCONSORTIUM

Vernissage event 28th June 2019

Until 21st July 2019

https://www.photoconsortium.net/europeforculture/pisa/

12 June 2019, Consolidated Progress Report on the implementation of Commission Recommendation (2011/711/EU) 2015-2017 is available

European Commission report on Cultural Heritage: Digitisation, Online Accessibility and Digital Preservation

The Consolidated Progress Report reviews and assesses the overall actions and progress made by Member States in the European Union in implementing the Recommendation (2011/711/EU) which is one of the main EU policy instruments on digitisation, online access and digital preservation of cultural heritage material.
It is based on the Member States specific reports submitted
through the DCHE (Expert Group on Digital Cultural Heritage and Europeana).

In the report some important themes emerge:
– use of 3D technology for digitisation of cultural heritage artefacts, monuments and sites,
– initiatives to enhance digital capacity in the cultural heritage sector.
Some examples of good practice during the 2015-2017 are also presented.

The recent fire at Notre Dame that broke out on 15 April 2019 proves that immovable cultural heritage, an important part of Europe’s cultural resources, is particularly vulnerable to threats difficult to predict or prevent. In this contest, the report shows a new important trend: the Member States are increasingly working to make the most of digital technologies and reporting funding programmes for digitisation of immovable cultural heritage, some of which reported 3D digitisation in particular.

The report shows how Member States plan, organise and monitor digitisation strategies and funding across all areas of cultural heritage from library and museum archives to historical buildings.
Moreover, about the Online Accessibility of Public Domain Material, it reveals that most States promote preserving public domain status of cultural heritage after digitisation.

The largest chapter deals with the support given by the states for the development of Europeana, the European cultural platform providing access to a wide array of digital content from Europe’s libraries, archives and museums.
The data collected by Europeana confirm that quantitative targets have already been widely achieved while it is necessary to focus on quality management.
In order to promote high-quality content in Europeana, the EU funded aggregation projects have begun to include quality criteria.

The chapter “Digital Preservation” reveals that the majority of Member States has implemented a variety of action plans, strategies and initiatives for the long-term preservation of digital material: action points at the national level, activities
of public institutions, competence centres or associations taking action in this area; three Member States reported participation in European projects dedicated to digital preservation.

The Recommendation is recognised by the Member States as a very important instrument for setting up national policies, coordinating activities, keeping up with progress and to give new impetus to existing policies.
However, the Member States suggest a reinforcement and update of some themes to keep up with the overall regulatory, political and technological developments, as well as to review low impact provisions.

Further information: the report on Cultural Heritage: Digitisation, Online Accessibility and Digital Preservation

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